[MOX]

He has been quite ill with prostate CA for a while. Guess the empire belongs to Melissa now.

[agooga]

I watched his shows several timews TRYING to figure out what he was talking about-- never succeeded...

[Revelation 911]

I am at a loss

[RadioAstronomer]

WOW! I used to watch his show occasionally. I didn't "buy" into his stuff, but it was entertaining.

Sorry to see him gone.

[Paradox]

I used to "watch" him on satellite, back in the Big Ugly Dish days. What a hooT!

[Who dat?]

Guess the empire belongs to Melissa now.

I saw them not too long ago on TV. Maybe a couple of months ago.

The only thing that sounded worse than her singing was when they did a duet.

I remember one show (had to be 15 years ago) where he got wound up about something and called the camera men (maybe lighting guys – I don’t remember) a bunch of a-holes. I sort of half-expected someone to march up an knock him on his butt, but they didn’t.

I didn’t know exactly what he had, but he sure looked bad the last few times I ran across him.

Compare him to old Arnold Murray – Arnold’s getting up there, but he’s still in relatively good shape. Well, I guess it’s hard to tell for sure… you never know if they have a couple of years of shows taped up and just sitting around I guess.

[Meldrim]

Garner Ted Armstrong will always remain the King...of this league anyway.

[MarineBrat]

I think my post to this thread would be a compilation of the posts above it. I've seen him a few times, long ago, what a hoot. I remember him just sitting there saying nothing, and occasionally mentioning that he's not going to continue until more money comes in.

[Kandy Atz]

I hadn't heard that name in almost 20 years. We used to watch him in college for entertainment. I will never forget one night where he refused to say anything until a certain sum of money was raised. They kept playing the same song, showing various outdoor images and then cut to him puffing on the cigar. For some reason I think the song was "Dirty Laundry" - but I can't say for certain. I need to check with my college roommate and see if he remembers.

[sgtbono2002]

I am sure the reruns will go on for another ten years.

[don-o]

Bump for tonight.

A real piece of work. I never had him on TV, but one used to be able to stream him on the net.

[seawolf101]

Once in a while I'll see him on TV, but once Melissa starts to sing I have to change the channel. His ranting and raving were difficult to put up with but her singing was definitely intolerable.

[Muleteam1]

Too bad. As we barely get AM radio here, the last time I listened to him was on shortwave. I used to listen to him a lot back in the '70's. He was pretty entertaining.

Muleteam1

[blue-duncan]

I heard he started out as an economics professor somewhere. When he took over the church from the previous pastor who had started a television station here in Hartford in the early 1970s, the church was burdened with hundreds of thousands of dollars in "trust" debts. I had elderly clients who had invested their life savings and pensions in these bogus "trusts". Gene Scott could have walked away from all of these debts since the church was in California and these people were in Connecticut and yet he paid them all in full. I did not like some of his "theology" but his integrity in this matter was exemplary. He had good music on his program too. Only Bible study with blues.

[omniscient]

His quasi-theological ramblings were truly hilarious. For pure comedic value, there were only a few equals, such as Robert Tilton and Ernest Angely. Much more entertaining than the "reality" rubbish being churned out now.

[Old Professer]

I first saw him on cable in Ca. he looked like he had been dragged through a tanning-bed tunnel then, freckles, moles and lesions all competing for space on his well-worn face; saw him again just the other morning surfing Comcast's desertscape late, late at night.

He seemed to be the master of unabashed aplomb.

Preachers and doctors wear the same dirt robes when the lid is finally closed.

[Rytwyng]

R.I.P. Gene. Your sermons blessed me when I was a young believer.

[Loyalist]

First Hunter S. Thompson, now Dr. Gene Scott. This is not a good week for weirdos.

I used to listen to him on shortwave when I was in high school. He reminded of what Bishop Fulton Sheen might have become if he'd dropped acid and developed permanent egomania.

[Amish with an attitude]

http://www.rickross.com/reference/gene_scott/scott2.html